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Object NameCovered Punch Bowl
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1680-1690
Place MadeEngland
TechniqueBlown, trailed, pincered, applied, molded
SizeOverall H: 36.2 cm, Diam: 25.6 cm
Accession Number94.2.4
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionCovered Punch Bowl. Colorless lead glass; blown, trailed, pincered, applied, molded. (a) Blown bowl decorated with a circuit of trailed chains above a border of ornament "nipt diamond waies" created by pinching together vertical ribbing, applied, folded pedestal foot; broken pontil mark under base and inside on bottom of bowl. (b) The high, domed cover similarly decorated by molding the second gather in a diamond-mesh mold, inset with flange pulled out to rest on edge of bowl; applied crown finial with four s-shaped scrolls with pincered fringes (one missing), topped by a pincered three-lobed cross.Provenance
Source
New Bedford Whaling Museum
- 1994-06-17
